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Translated Christianities:

Nahuatl and Maya Religious Texts
  • ISBN-13: 9780271063614
  • Publisher: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Mark Z. Christensen
  • Price: AUD $64.99
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  • Local release date: 14/06/2014
  • Format: Paperback 152 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: History of the Americas [HBJK]
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English translations of Nahuatl and Maya religious texts, including sermons, catechisms, and confessional manuals. Includes commentary examining the various Christianities presented to the colonial Aztec (Nahua) and Yucatec Maya, the origins and purpose of the texts, and their authors and the messages they intended to convey.


Contents

Foreword

List of Figures and Tables

Acknowledgments

A Note on the Translations

Introduction: Native-Language Religious Texts

1 Saint Paul and Saint Sebastian in the “Nahuatl Bible”

2 Maya Christian Tales

3 Nahuatl and Maya Baptismal Texts

4 Nahuatl and Maya Catechisms

5 Nahuatl and Maya Confessional Manuals

Bibliography

Index


“Christensen's brief and gracious introductions to a variety of examples from the Nahua and Maya catechistic corpus provide a compelling point of entry for the study of what is revealed, upon close inspection, to be a diverse and challenging corpus that defies easy generalizations. This work should instruct and engage both undergraduate and specialist audiences.”

—David Tavárez, Hispanic American Historical Review

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